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Staying in the Loop
A monthly newsletter keeping our
HDR community informed and connected.
HDR Students in Focus
Shannon Sandford, PhD student, is one of the first HDR students gaining an innovative professional development opportunity at the St Paul's Creative Centre through a collaboration between Flinders and the Department for Innovation and Skills (DIS) Creative Industries Team. Read more >
Chelsea Wiseman, PhD candidate at Flinders and the University of Haifa in Israel under Cotutelle agreement, shares her research journey, opportunities and significant results this year. A year of 'firsts' and archaeological finds Read more >
Dr Sue Charlton shares her incredible journey in paediatric physiotherapy, her path of discovery, research and gaining her doctorate in 2019. "It unexpectedly highlighted inequalities in regional health, digital literacy and health education between different regions." Read more >
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HDR Awards
Flinders celebrates annual Awards in recognition of outstanding achievements in Higher Degree by Research Students and Supervision. Nominations are opening for the Best Higher Degree by Research Student Publication and the Vice-Chancellor's Award for Excellence in HDR Supervision. Read More >
BGL HDR Workshop
In the annual 2020 CBGL HDR Postgraduate Workshop, participants enjoyed talks from Academic speakers including: Dr Peter Chen from University of Sydney, Executive dean Professor Phyllis Tharenou, HDR Coordinator Caitlin Hughes, Dean of Research Gerry Redmond closed the event and Thanked BIGGLES team for hosting the valuable event. Photos >
CareerHub Job Hack Workshops
CareerHub is a central place where all Flinders students can find employment opportunities, career events and resources. Job Hacks Workshops offer a variety of sessions to tailor and enhance your documents and preparation for Job readiness. Events List
Weekly HDR Student Writing Group
A new weekly writing group has been established by HDR students. The HDR Writing Group is a group of daily writers who meet weekly to discuss and share their writing. We have set up a Microsoft Teams team where participants can share work and meet. Register here >
Mind Yourself
SAHMRI BR/GHT
South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute invite you to enter BRIGHT! Challenge yourself and your mates to walk 50km or 75km over 10 days - 19th - 28th of November. You’ll get fit, have fun and raise vital funds for lifesaving medical research at SAHMRI.
Read more >
The Happiness Lab
Yale Psychology Professor Laurie Santos offers her free series The Happiness Lab, aimed at unpicking the science of happiness and bridge the gap between what we believe constitutes happiness and what actually leaves us feeling content in life. Rather than coming down to some innate quality, she says, anyone can be happy, no matter their genetic disposition, if given the right tools. Read more >
Reading Zone
A PhD Is Not Enough: A Guide to Survival in Science by Peter J. Feibelman
Despite your graduate education, brainpower, and technical prowess, your career in scientific research is far from assured. Permanent positions are scarce, science survival is rarely part of formal graduate training, and a good mentor is hard to find. This exceptional volume explains what stands between you and fulfilling long-term research career. Bringing the key survival skills into focus, A Ph.D. Is Not Enough! proposes a rational approach to establishing yourself as a scientist. Read more >
Timefulness: How Thinking Like a Geologist Can Help Save the World by Marcia Bjornerud
Few of us have any conception of the enormous timescales in our planet's long history, and this narrow perspective underlies many of the environmental problems we are creating for ourselves. The passage of nine days, which is how long a drop of water typically stays in Earth's atmosphere, is something we can easily grasp. But spans of hundreds of years--the time a molecule of carbon dioxide resides in the atmosphere-- approach the limits of Read More >
HDR Calendar
Check out our HDR Calendar for all upcoming events and critical dates.
Listed here are some of the beneficial offerings for November.
9 Nov 10am-12pm
10 Nov 10am-12pm
19 Nov 10-11:30am
Get to know your Student Representatives
Meet Lauren Jones a final year PhD student in the College of Medicine and Public Health.
Lauren loves to share a voice on behalf of the HDR's to assist in College involvement, to promote opportunities and encourage connectivity. Read more >
Get to know your OGR
Meet Tania Scanlon, the Student Engagement and Project Support Officer for the Office of Graduate Research. Tania's role within the team includes assisting with in person, phone and email enquires from students, supervisors and colleagues. She also creates this newsletter so please reach out to her with your stories. Read more >
Got News?
Have you got any exciting news to share with the HDR community or any suggestions for what you would like to see in the newsletter? Don't be shy and shine instead! Contact us at gradresearch@flinders.edu.au and we will present your story on the HDR Students in Focus blog or in the next issue of 'Staying in the Loop' newsletter.
Need Help?
Have you got a question about your HDR studies? We are here to help!
- HDR Admissions - Admissions, Enrolments, Change of Supervisor
- HDR Progression - Milestones, Intermissions, Candidature Management
- HDR Exams - Turnitin, Thesis Submission, Examinations
- HDR Development - Skills Development, REST, HDR Induction, Industry Engagement
- HDR Cotutelle - All Cotutelle related inquiries
You can book an individual appointment with an OGR team member via the OGR Appointments button on the REST FLO site.
You can also contact HDR Student Representatives with any HDR candidature matters.
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